Episode 554, Favorite Carols

What does a classic Christmas soundtrack sound like to you?  This week on Wind & Rhythm, we’ll play many of your favorite carols to help you get in the mood for the Holiday season, right here at the gathering place for people who love band music.

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
  Felix Mendelssohn
  The Eastern Wind Symphony,
  William H. Silvester
Greensleeves
  traditional English, arr. Alfred Reed
  Emory Symphonic Winds, Scott A. Stewart
Frosty, the Snowman
  Walter "Jack" Rollins, Steve Nelson
  Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble,
​  R. Winston Morris
Carol of the Bells
  Mykola Leontovych
  Galliard Brass Ensemble    
O Come All Ye Faithful
  traditional
  Galliard Brass Ensemble    
Away in a Manger
  traditional, arr. Julie Giroux
  University of North Texas Symphonic Band

The First Noel
  traditional, arr. Julie Giroux
  University of Texas at El Paso
  Wind Symphony, Ron Hufstader
Three Wise Men
  John Henry Hopkins Jr., arr. Julie Giroux
  University of North Texas Symphonic Band,
  Dennis Fisher
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  Johnny Marks
  Grimethorpe Colliery Band,
  Major Peter Parks
Go Tell it on the Mountain
  traditional
  Imani Winds    
The Christmas Song
  Robert Wells and Mel Tormé
  Isthmus Brass    
Deck the Halls
  traditional Welsh
  The College of New Jersey Wind Ensemble,
  William H. Silvester
Silent Night 
  Franz Gruber
  Fountain City Brass Band, Joseph Parisi
Jingle Bells
  James Lord Pierpont
  The Eastern Wind Symphony,
  William H. Silvester
O Come, O Come Emmanuel &
​I Wonder as I Wander
  traditional, arr. John Jacob Niles
  Canadian Brass & Organ    
Joy to the World
  traditional
  Empire Brass    
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
  traditional
  Freckleton Band, Paul Dalton